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Pöyry and Simosol sign smart forestry partnership
P
öyry and Simosol have signed a partnership agreement to further develop combined offering
in Smart Forestry solutions. Combining Pöyry’s deep knowledge through forest based value chains with Simosol’s wide experience in digital solutions will help our clients in generating value in their forestry operations covering throughout the supply chain. Pöyry’s Smart Forestry approach
is based on cooperation with the ecosystem of technology providers. The selection of best suppliers into our Smart Forestry offering ensures fit-for-purpose solutions for clients around the world. Our new partnership with Simosol improves the availability of state-of-the- art digital forestry solutions for our global clientele. The digital offering facilitates optimised forestry operations based on a range of software products as well as tailored digital solutions. These include e.g. remote sensing-based forest inventory integrated with optimisation of wood sourcing and forestry operations, as well as highly automated forest valuation and appraisal. The combined offering covers
a range of services from forest valuation/appraisal, GIS, remote sensing, advanced analytics and information system development in
forestry to (pre-)feasibility studies in forestry development, wood supply chain optimization, forest carbon strategies and monitoring as well as carbon balance analysis. “Our technical know-how, first
acquired by working with the largest Finnish pulp and paper companies, has ensured our solutions draw attention internationally. We are proud to be able to partner with Pöyry to harness a greater potential and add value to even greater audience,” says Jussi Rasinmäki, CEO of Simosol. “The new solutions will provide
an excellent basis for our clients to recap the benefits of digitalisation for example in a form of improved operational efficiency and new business models. I am very pleased to join forces with Simosol team taking our forestry offering onto a new level,” says Saara Söderberg, Vice President, Industry Management Consulting at Pöyry. The digital revolution is reshaping
the world, requiring companies to adapt to the transformation. Digitalisation presents diverse opportunities that Pöyry helps unlock with its set of consulting and #PoyryDigital solutions and services. More information: Saara Söderberg, Vice President, Industry Management Consulting, Pöyry +358 40 533 6658 e:
saara.soderberg@
poyry.com
Official launch of WRA Fire Prevention Plan Guide
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) officially launched its Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) Guide at its members’ Winter meeting in Coventry on 5th December, 2018. The document is the first sector- specific guide on Fire Prevention Plans (FPPs) to be produced. It has taken more than a year for the WRA to develop it, which it has done in close association with the Environment Agency. The guide outlines the different
fraction sizes of waste wood that may be stored and the differences in their storage requirements, as well as talking about seasonality challenges faced by the industry and how to explain these in an FPP. Andy Hill, Chair of the WRA, Peter
Buckley, the EA’s FPP specialist and WRA Executive Director Julia Turner officially launched the guide yesterday in front of more than 100 WRA members who were attending a quarterly meeting in Coventry. Andy said he was delighted wood
recyclers finally had an EA approved guide which would help operators, both large and small to meet the measures outlined in the FPP Guidance, or to propose alternative measures if they need to move away from the standard guidance. “It was great to be able to actually
hold an official published copy of the guide in our hands and show it to our members,” said Andy. “We
Peter Buckley (left), Julia Turner and Andy Hill.
have worked hard to get this far and hope it will make a real difference to our members and others seeking to achieve an FPP as part of their permit requirements.” The WRA guide leads operators
through a process to give them the best chance of getting approval for their FPP - a legal requirement for all sites storing combustible materials. Julia Turner, Executive Director of the WRA, said: “We would like to thank everyone at the EA and our sector partners for helping us to get to this point. We are extremely proud to be the first trade body to launch a sector-specific guide for our members and hope this will mean many more wood recyclers and reprocessors will now be able to gain approved FPPs in a timely manner.” The FPP Guide can be downloaded from
www.woodrecyclers.org
Renewable Energy Group announces new CEO
Major US biofuel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced Cynthia CJ Warner as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Warner’s appointment was
made by the company’s Board of Directors. She will take on the president and CEO positions effective 14 January 2019.
Her predecessor, Randy Howard, who has served as president and CEO since July 2017, will remain on the board and assist in the transition. The search for REG’s new CEO
was led by Caldwell Partners of John Strackhouse, Bethany George and Rachel Sharp. Warner has 35 years experience
in the energy industry, having worked in senior roles at Sapphire Energy, BP, and most recently Andeavor (formerly Tesoro Corporation). She is a member of the Board of Directors for IDEX Corporation, and serves as a member of the US National Petroleum Council. “I am delighted and honoured
to be joining the REG team as President and CEO,” said Warner, in an REG statement. “This growing company is well
positioned to meet the rising global demand ofr cleaner, competitive low carbon fuel solutions. I look forward to the exciting future ahead and to leading the team with a continued focus on value creation.”
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